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posted 09/04/2008, comments (0)

Pregnancy and Cancer Treatment: More Questions Than Answers

This past weekend, the New York Times published an article by Pamela Paul called “With Child, With Cancer.” I had to set it aside for several days before I could bring myself to read it. When I finally did, I was very moved, equally surprised and left with many unanswered questions. I did not enjoy being... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/02/2008, comments (0)

Living with Metastasis: The Empowered Patient

The thing about being in ongoing treatment for metastatic breast cancer is that one gains a fair amount of experience in navigating the system and acquires some pretty strong opinions as to how things should be done. At least that’s true for me. For example, whenever I go for chemotherapy treatments (I have lost count of how many I have... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/04/2008, comments (0)

Christina Applegate Battling Breast Cancer

The Associated Press is reporting that actress Christina Applegate, 36, will begin treatment for breast cancer. Her publicist, Ame Van Iden, said in a statement Saturday that Applegate's cancer was detected through an MRI ordered by a doctor and is not life-threatening. She expects her to recover fully, according to the article. Read the AP... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/11/2008, comments (2)

Living With Metastasis: Younger Adults Living With Cancer

Recently, on a morning that I had to go for chemotherapy, my five year old son drew me a picture. It depicts him and me, walking in the sunshine and holding hands. We have big smiles on our faces. He made me promise that I would take it with me to chemo and post it where everyone could see it. "It will make you feel better," he... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (2)

Dance then wherever you may be...

Hi all, hope you are well. I just returned from eight straight days of managing an annual meeting with three or four separate events daily and four or five hours sleep nightly. It's a ton of work, but well worth it to see everyone enjoying themselves and getting a lot of actual work done as an organization. I have to admit... Read more Chevron

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